Comments on: Blog Action Day ‘08

By: peyton

peyton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:25:43 +0000

http://atlah.org/broadcast/ndnr10-17-08.html

By: Dan Bassill

Dan Bassill — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:50:57 +0000

Thanks for your post. I encourage you to look at the maps at http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com and the interactive map at http://www.horizonmapping.net/projects/tmc/tmc_...

These show all of the high poverty zones in Chicago along with locations of poorly performing schools. These are neighborhoods where volunteers, donors and business partners can connect in non-school tutor/mentor programs operating in some of these areas.

If events like Blog action day focus attention on maps like this it can provide paths for people who want to make a difference to connect with places where their help is needed now, and will be needed for many years to come.

By: The Urban Scientist

The Urban Scientist — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:03:56 +0000

This is a great post Frederic. I feel the same way. Though American poor is better off than developing nation poor, it is no reason to pretend like poverty and hunger and desperation does not exist in this so-called land of plenty…plenty of hardship to go around.

Keep up the great work.

By: Cap

Cap — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:09:47 +0000

Great points Fredric. I was browsing some of the blog entry on Blog Action Day related stuff, and I share the same sentiment that at times people seem to lose perspective, and only participate on “grander” things.

I was a bit hesitant to write something for Blog Action Day, but decided to simply just point to a few sites where people can make some tangible differences instead of simply just discussing the matter of poverty (the amount of “we can solve this!” cheerleading on some blog can be quite annoying). Still, raising awareness is one of the point of the event, and I suppose some awareness is always better than just plain apathy.

By: becoming minimalist

becoming minimalist — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:18:04 +0000

thanks for using your blog and taking the time to raise awareness for the reality of poverty. good for you.

i hope it encourages your readers to donate to a charity of their choosing.

By: kouji haiku

kouji haiku — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:29:03 +0000

i love kiva. am currently unable to make a donation though, so i put up its banner on my blog (as well as that of freerice and goodsearch).

saw this post via the front page of blog action day. it's great that you're participating.